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Chapter 7

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~ANYA’S POV~

The first few hours, I told myself it was nothing. A bad dream. A mistake. Some stupid accident that could be solved if I just made one phone call.

But hours bled into days. And days bled into a week.

Time didn’t exist in this room.

Not really. There was no clock, no sunlight to chase shadows across the floor. Just silence, heavy and endless. The only measure of life passing was the maids.

They always came the same way…quiet, ghostlike, their faces blank as porcelain.

They brought trays of food too beautiful to touch: fresh bread with golden crusts, fruit so glossy it looked fake, roasted meats dripping with fat, little cakes that looked stolen from a royal banquet.

I begged them at first.

“Where am I?”

“Please, I need to call my father. He’ll pay, I swear!”

“Am I a prisoner?”

Nothing. Not a hint of emotion, not a glance. They bowed their heads slightly, set down the food, and drifted back out.

The door always closed soft. Always locked again.

It wasn’t cruelty. If it w
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